Hat-clearing machine.



No. 653,356. @atented July 10, I900, J. MARSHALL.

HAT CLEARING MACHINE.

(Application filed Jan. 22, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MARSHALL, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES MARSHALL & BROTHERS, OF SAME PLACE.

HAT-CLEARING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,356, dated July 10, 1900. Application filed January 22, 1900. Serial No- Z,355. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: closed, according as the solution in the tank Be it known that I, JOHN MARSHALL, a citiis required or not. zen of the United States, residing at Fall 14 is a'pipe leading from any suitable hot- River, in the county of Bristol and State of water source and communicating with the Massachusetts, have invented certain new pipe 11. In this pipe 14 is any suitable valve 55 and useful Improvements in Machines for 15, adapted to be opened or closed by means Clearing Hats; and I do hereby declare the of suitable and ordinary connections with a following to be a full, clear, and exact detreadle 16. In the drawings I have shown a scription of the invention, such as will enable bar 17, loosely connected at one end by means others skilledin the art to which it appertains of a link 18 to the side of the pipe, while the 60 to make and use the same. outer end of this bar is connected by a pit- My invention has reference to certain imman-rod 19 with the treadle, the stem of the provements relating to machines for clearing valve being pivoted to the bar itself. hats, 0r, in other words, for removing all sur- The lower extremity of the pipe 11 is closed, I 5 plus stiffening compound from the hats. and this portion of the pipe extends at an an- 65 The object of my invention is to provide a gle in parallelism with the face of the cone machine which shall automatically and more and is provided with perforations 20, directed efficiently perform that which has hitherto toward the cone. 4 been performed by hand and to makethe The hat is placed upon the cone over the work more uniform and thorough in every finger 9, and as the cone revolves the work- 70 respect. man operates the valve 12 to permit the soda In the accompanying drawings, which form solution to be discharged against the hat una part of this application, Figure 1 is an eletil the latter has become cleared of the sur- Vation illustrating my improvement; Fig. 2; plus stiffening compound. The workman abroken section at the line a oaof Fig. 1, and then closes the valve 12, thereby cutting off 75 Fig. 3 a detail detached view illustrating the the supply of soda solution, and with his foot positions of the brush and sprinkling-pipe operates the treadle to open the valve 15 and With respect to the revolving cone. allow the hot water to be discharged through Similar numbers of reference denote like the pipe 11 against the hat, thereby washing parts in all the figures of the drawings. the same thoroughly. During the discharge 8o 1 is the frame of the machine; 2, a vertical of the soda solution and hot water against shaft journaled in the bed of the frame; 3, the hat the workman employs any suitable the hat-supporting cone carried by the upper brush 21, which is conformed to the shape of end of this shaft, and 4 a bevel-gear carried the cone, and by pressing this brush against 3 5 by the lower end of said shaft. the hat thoroughly scrubs the same as it be- 85 5 is ahorizontal shaft journaled in the side comes softened up by the action of the liquids of the frame and having mounted on its inner before mentioned.

end a bevel-gear 6, meshing with the gear 4, Of course there are very many details of while the outer end of this shaft carries tight construction as to the arrangement of the and loose pulleys 7 8, respectively. pipes and the structure of the valves in which 0 9 is any suitable scraper-finger secured to changes could be made without departing the bed of the frame and lying close to the from the spirit of my invention, and I therecone 3, the function of this finger being to fore do not wish to be limited in this respect, keep the hats from sticking to the cone. since I am the first to ever provide a machine 10 is an elevated tank containing a proper for effecting the operation of clearing hats. 95 solution, such as soda, and 11 is a pipe lead- I have employed a scraper-finger inclose ing from the bottom of this tank down in close proximity to the cone; but I do not-wish to proximity-to the cone. be understood as making any claim to such 12 is any suitablevalve operated by a handconstruction, since I am aware that the same lever 13, whereby the pipe may be opened or has been heretofore employed in the con- I00 struction of hat-stiffening machines, the gist of my invention resting in the provision of the specific construction heretofore described for the purpose of cleansing the hat of the surplus stifiening compound.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for clearing hats, the combination of a rotary cone, a scraper-finger extending close to said cone, suitable pipes leading from a soda solution and hot water in close proximity to said cone and perforated opposite the cone and valves and suitably-operated means whereby said solution and hot water are discharged at will against the hats, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for clearing hats, the com- JOHN MARSHALL.

\Vitnesses:

L. W. BURRELL, E. H. ANTHONY. 

